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B. MOGOVERN.

Handles for Pocket' Cutlery.

No. 232,996. Patented Oct. 5, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ BERNARD MCGOVERN, F BRIDGEPORT,CONNECTICUT, ,ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO JAMES I). FRARY, OFSAME PLACE.

HANDLE FOR POCKET-CUTLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,996, dated October5, 1880.

Application filed September 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom at may concern:

Beit known that I, BERNARD MeGoVERN, of Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new Pocket-Gutlcry;and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionavith theac companying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, which said 1.) drawings constitute partof this specification,

and represent, in- I Figure 1, the blank as cut from the sheet; Fig. 2,the blank as bent, prepared for introduction to the mold; Fig. 3, thehandle, with the stiffener shown in broken lines; Fig. 4,

transverse section.

This invention relates toan improvementin that class of pocket-cutleryhandles in which the lining and bolster are made of cast metal.

This class of handles are usually made of what is known as white metal.A difficulty is experienced in the use of such handles because of theweakness of the I'IVBDSGZLTS and the liability of the handle to spreadwhen anystrain 2 is brought upon the blade, owing to the soft characterof the metal.

The object of this invention is to overcome this difficulty; and itconsists in the construction hereinafter described, and particularly 3orecited in the claim.

From a sheet of iron or similar hard metal I cut a blank, ofsubstantially the shape seen in Fig. 1, consisting of two sides, a a,and a connection, I). These are correspondingly per- 3 5 forated, as atc c, for the blade-pivot, and as at d d, for the covering-rivets. Thetwo sides are bent up parallel with each other, as seen in Fig. 2, anddistant from each other to correspond to the thickness of the heel ofthe blade or blades, the connection I) servingto 4o tie orhold the twosides together. The outline of the stiffener thus formed is less thanthat of the handle to which itis to beintroduced. The blank thus formedis placed in the mold in the proper position to bring the perforations c4 5 at the point where the blade-rivet is to be introduced, and then themetal is poured into the mold and flows around the stiffener so as tocompletely inclose it, as seen in Fig. 4. This forms a hard-metal liningor facing at theblade end of 0 the handle, and also serves to tie thetwo bolsters firmly together across the back. Tlhchard metal forms afirm bearing for the blade-pivot, and also for the covering-rivet at theblade end but the extension for the covering-rivet may be omitted, thelining or stiffener around the pivot and across the back affording therequisite support for the blade-pivot, and strengthening of the backwithout the extensions for the covering-rivet.

I claim-- In the manufacture of pocket-cutlery handles, theherein-described hard-metal stiffener, consisting of the two sides a aand the,conuection b, the said sides forming seats for the blade-pivotand inclosed in the handle in the process of casting, substantially asdeseribed.

BERNARD MOGOVERN.

Witnesses JOHN E. EARLE, Trees. 0. LEIGH.

